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Protein binds to existing sugars on the surface of defense cells and stimulates the production of substances that combat pathogens.

The filaments of electron-irradiated silver may have important applications in areas such as the food industry.

The discovery of the action mechanism of ARHGAP21 in cellular adhesion and migration processes could contribute to the development of techniques that halt the propagation of carcinogenic cells.

Biomimetics can help overcome global challenges and make companies and cities more sustainable, affirms biologist Janine Benyus.

Priority areas related to the impacts of environmental and climate change in habitats deserve more investigation.

Fossil vestiges collected in the states of Maranhão, Paraná, and Rio Grande do Sul expand the knowledge regarding the species that inhabited these regions more than 200 million years ago.

Researchers treat severe cases of primary immunodeficiency through transplantation of the small butterfly-shaped organ located near the heart.

The number of people who consume alcohol once a week or more increased 20% in the last six years. The growth was highest among women.

Study revisits the contributions of French anthropologists Pierre and Hélène Clastres on the Tupi-Guarani tribe, "a challenge for the dominant model of development".

The company I.Systems is the first to be funded by Natura and Banco Itaú’s investment fund.

Equipment focused on detecting emissions with frequencies over 1 trillion Hertz will be placed 40 kilometers from the Earth’s surface using stratospheric balloons.

A system that searches periodicals to indicate the best options for publication of scientific literature based on an abstract or sample of the text.

Company obtains registration to commercialize a bactericidal material applied to plastic packaging in the United States. MIT consulting firm prepares entry of Nanox’s product into the U.S. market.

The most valued research areas for companies in Brazil are engineering, computer science, agronomy and basic chemistry, according to a study.

Researchers are developing a method that integrates advances in genetics, neurosciences and behavioral sciences to increase the understanding of the causes of disorders such as depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Researchers use a new strategy to study the brains of people with a type of drug-resistant epilepsy and are also using the method to understand the development of the thymus.

Eucalyptus and pine cultivation for the pulp and paper industry already occupies 25% of the biome, which is also impacted by the expansion of agriculture and inadequate cattle management.

Group from Universidade de São Paulo's Physics Institute initiates projects to forecast phenomena that should be observed in LHC experiments starting in 2015.

The building on the Universidade de São Paulo campus houses a collection of more than 32,000 titles by Brazilian authors or about Brazil, assembled by Guita and José Mindlin.

Research analyzes the last three decades of slavery and the monarchy, a period of major expansion in coffee growing within Brazil.

Operating on a supercomputer, the Coastal Forecasting and Monitoring System (SIMCos) forecasts the movement and height of waves at 61 points on the coast; the system performs real-time simulations.

Daniel Kleppner, of MIT, is honored at an event that brought together five Nobel Laureates and other leaders in the area.

Using the book O Mulato (The Mulatto) as a starting point, sociologist evaluates the trajectory of the Maranhão-born writer.

Moshe Szyf, of McGill University, participates in an international symposium organized by FAPESP and Natura. Discussions from the event will inform the calls for proposals to create research centers.

James Wallbank, founder of Access Space, talks about the British initiative of social transformation through technology that ranges from the reutilization of computers to the production of digital innovation.

Scientists will seek to reconstruct the distribution of species over the last thousand years. The study is part of project funded by the São Paulo Research Foundation, NSF and NASA.

The idea is to facilitate the exchange of ideas among the country’s leading resource centers and to conduct human resources training.

The insect is one of the most feared plagues of the tomato, bean, melon and potato.

Journal of Natural Products highlights database that includes information on the potential of these secondary metabolites for use in medicinal chemistry, ecological chemistry, and metabolomics.

A study published in Science shows that cells transfer many more mitochondria than necessary to other cells, even at the expense of their own lives.

Dudley Herschbach, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, uses parables to illustrate what chemistry can do.

Results published in PLoS ONE journal pave the way for treatments that stimulate the metabolism of skin cells and other tissues containing collagen.

Report on sustainability should support governments and United Nations-affiliated institutions to make decisions on bioenergy.

Philip Campbell participates in conference at FAPESP to speak about access to scientific information and research data today and in the future.

Problems such as low wages for workers are closely linked to education in China, says economist Lingxu Zhang, coordinator of a rural education program.

While studies of Plasmodium falciparum have been conducted in recent years, researchers warn that there is still little known about Plasmodium vivax, which is responsible for 85% of malaria cases in Brazil

Gradual changes by young people in recent years to the Japanese traditional diet pattern means that the country is beginning to exhibit increased childhood-adolescent obesity rates, according to Unicamp researcher.

The expansion of sugarcane and soybean cultivation and the replacement of forests by pastureland affect the chemical composition and biodiversity of rivers and lakes, notes USP professor.

Lecture about challenges to researchers highlights the little known wealth of the biodiversity of Brazil’s marine environments.

Increased knowledge about genes that may increase sugarcane biomass and resistance to hydric stress includes complementary use of other crops established in Brazil.

Tsutomu Takeuchi, Director of the Institute of Tropical Medicine at Nagasaki University warns public health authorities of the importance of improved treatment of those infected and the adoption of preventive measures.

There’s been renewed activity in recent years in the Japanese government’s relationship to dekasseguis, Japanese descendants who settled in Japan in large numbers beginning in 1990, claims Masashi University researcher.

The Shuji Aihara Group, at the University of Tokyo, works with Brazilian scientists to develop structures that are safer for the shipment of oil and gas, and in the future, hydrogen and CO2.

Infrastructure problems, low value-added products, exclusion of poor rural works, issues involving food safety, and threats to the environment are obstacles highlighted by scientists.

The presidents of FAPESP and the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) stress the importance of increasing science and technology collaboration between the two countries.

Foundation directors meet with directors of the JSPS, JST, Riken, Miraikan, Rikkyo University and the University of Tokyo to expand scientific exchange between researchers from the two countries.

Presentations on research projects underway in the two countries, exchanges of scientists and support opportunities offered by the organizers are highlights of the event held by FAPESP and JSPS in Tokyo.

At the kickoff of the 2013 BIOTA-FAPESP Conference Series, Thomas Lewinsohn from the Universidade de Campinas spoke on the estimated time and cost necessary to describe all the planet’s species

Brazilian Earth System Model addresses climate questions from Brazil and other South American countries

Researchers from the Universidade de São Paulo begin project to study the types and amounts of metals present in the gases surrounding groups of galaxies